DIY
Our Final House Tour
We're in the homestretch! Did you see that we're officially under contract? I mentioned in yesterday's blog post that it's a little bittersweet knowing our days are limited in this house. We move in June. I think it's okay to feel sad about leaving this house, AND happy for the new family that gets to […]
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April 28, 2021
Lifestyle
Our next chapter
Chris grew up here in southeast Idaho and I've lived here for almost 15 years (on and off) after being born and raised in Pittsburgh. We met and fell in love here. We had two of our three daughters here and we really thought we were going to be hosting their weddings in the backyard […]
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March 4, 2021
Design
Our Modern Cottage Bathroom Reveal!
It's safe to say that when we demo'd our bathroom last June (say it ain't so!!), we were not expecting the renovation to take this long. But here we are, at the end of January with a new bathroom that we're over the moon to be sharing with you today. We moved shortly after finishing […]
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January 27, 2021
Fashion
My Workout Leggings, Ranked from Favorite to least!
I came to the stark realization the other day that I own more workout leggings than any other pants in my closet. I've been collecting them, almost without purge for yeeeaaarsss. And with that realization, came the other very clear epiphany that I wear the same ones over and over--bypassing sometimes entire brands, for my tried […]
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January 16, 2021
DIY
Quest for the Best Gold Spray Paint
One of our most popular blog posts to date (like...ever) was when we tested to find the best gold spray paint and it was due for an update because the pictures aren't great and we (I) only tested 4 spray paints. Ahh, the early days of blogging. Luckily, this was a fun little experiment […]
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January 14, 2021
Decor
Before and After: Faye's Real Life Princess Room
This post is sponsored by Honey Faye's room is done and we're so excited to share a bunch of photos and a video with you today! I would say out of all the rooms in our home, we can feel this room's transformation the most. Although the bones were good to start with (see the […]
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January 7, 2021
Design
Chris Loves Julia x Loloi rugs are here!!
We have some exciting news that we've been sitting on for a year! Our debut rug collections with Loloi launch today! There are three collections and a total of 18 different rugs at affordable prices in 10-15 sizes, depending on the collection. We are thrilled with each and every one and can't wait to show […]
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November 9, 2020
DIY
Our Modern Cottage Kitchen Makeover (on the cheap!)
2 weeks ago, we started a phase 1 kitchen renovation. Our goal was simple--to spend only $1000 to bring our kitchen to a place that we could live with for a year or so until we had more time to live in the space and figure out how we want it to function. Our big […]
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August 16, 2019
DIY
How 6 Different Stains Look On 5 Popular Types of Wood
This post is sponsored by Minwax. We've been wanting to do a wood/stain study for years now and in my head, I wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each. But with limited resources (not to mention space), we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by DIYers, with 6 […]
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February 1, 2018
